May 29/08 3:03 am - Montreal Women's World Cup: Start List

The 11th edition of the Montreal Women's World Cup will be held on the Mont-Royal
circuit beginning at noon on Saturday, May 31st , 2008.

The Montreal World Cup is the 6th stage of a 11-leg circuit that takes place across the world. Each year, the Union cycliste internationale assigns only eleven world spots to determine the World Cup champion. Montreal hosts the only road cycling World Cup event to take place on the American continent. Australia, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland will host World Cup events before Canada (Montreal); the subsequent events will be held in Sweden, France and Germany.

CourseAs it did last year, the Montreal World Cup circuit will depart from and finish at Park Avenue.
The circuit will skirt around Jeanne-Mance park. The route will give the public the opportunity to follow the race from a variety places. The course configuration will enable spectators to watch the peloton pass by from our superb site on Mont-Royal to Jeanne-Mance park. This choice of finish site on Park Avenue will enable more people to watch the spectacular race finish after 11 circuit laps of 10,06 km each for a total distance of 110.66 km.